Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Synonyms: Apterurus Rafinesque 1810, Cephalopterus Riso 1810, Ceratobatis Boulenger 1897, Dicerobatus Blainville 1816, Pterocephala Swainson 1838, Pterocephalus Swainson 1838
Parent taxon: Mobulinae according to D. J. Cicimurri et al. 2022
See also Cappetta 1987, Carillo-Briceño et al. 2014, Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2016, Jordan 1963, Kent 2018, Purdy et al. 2001, Reinecke and Radwanski 2015 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Amamriabatis, Archaeomanta, Brachioptilon, Burnhamia, Ceratoptera, Eomobula, Eoplinthicus, Manta, Paramobula, Plinthicus
Subtaxa: Mobula auriculata Mobula loupianensis Mobula pectinata
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina collection)
• MN 13 of Portugal (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Ecuador (1)
• Miocene of Belgium (1), Colombia (1), Costa Rica (1), Ecuador (1), India (1), Japan (1), Mexico (1), Pakistan (1), Panama (7), Poland (1), United States (2: North Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (1)
• Oligocene of United States (3: South Carolina)
• Eocene of Togo (1), Western Sahara (2)
Total: 28 collections including 36 occurrences
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